1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KABC. We're here every single day from 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 1: five to six talking about the local issues that matter 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:13,360 Speaker 1: to you most and taking your phone calls at eight 5 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,440 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two one eight 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two, your emails 7 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: at Randy Wangradio at gmail dot com, and search for 8 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 1: the KABC News Blitz wherever you get your podcasts. This 9 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: morning I came up with a pretty interesting idea. So 10 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: yesterday we went through and I told you about the 11 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: cut sheet that I put together for this show and 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show every single day, and I was 13 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: thinking about, Okay, what's an easy way for me to 14 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: get this out into a place where everyone can see it? 15 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: Because I curate a lot of videos from all of 16 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 1: our local news sources and we don't get to play 17 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 1: all of them. So at like six am, I was like, well, 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: why don't I just start a substack? Because who starts 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: a website in twenty twenty six? So I have started 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: a new substack. It is. You can subscribe to it 21 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: right now. It's called Randywangradio dot substack dot com. And 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:17,280 Speaker 1: every single day I am posting something that I am 23 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: calling the California Report. And the California Report is all 24 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: of the videos that I have curated from our local 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: news in Southern California, the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego, 26 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 1: and the Central Valley, as well as anything else that 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: is relevant that you need to know about every single day. 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: So I am trying to get this posted every day 29 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: right before noon and it will have all the stuff 30 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 1: that we talk about throughout the day here on KABC, 31 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: and I'll be starting off the news bullits every day 32 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 1: with the California Report. So let's start with the California Report, 33 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: starting in Southern California. This is an example of why 34 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: you have to read the whole story before you react 35 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: to it. You have to watch a whole story before 36 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: you react to it, because when you see the headline 37 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,800 Speaker 1: Weaimo car hits child near Santa Monica Elementary School, you 38 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: might have an initial reaction. But I'm here to tell 39 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: you that if you watch that story and you listen 40 00:02:18,680 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: to that story, you'll hear what really happened, which was 41 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: a lot of people saying Wow, if that was a 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: human instead of a weaimo, it would have been way 43 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: worse because what happened here was a ten year old 44 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 1: jumped out in the middle of the street thinking that, oh, 45 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: the Weaimo's gonna stop like testing it to see how 46 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: good the technology is. Look, kids are dumb. Kids are 47 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: really dumb. You were a dumb kid once. I was 48 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: a dumb kid once. But apparently the Weimo did detect 49 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: that the kid did that, and it slowed itself down 50 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: from seventeen miles an hour to six miles an hour. 51 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 1: So while yes, the car hit the child, the child 52 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: wasn't hurt, and for the most part, I think the 53 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: story makes Weimo look good. 54 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: Now. 55 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: I'm a Waimo fan. I know there's a lot of 56 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: Waymo haters and a lot of Waymo lovers out there, 57 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,200 Speaker 1: but I think ultimately this technology is going to be 58 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: a game changer. And I said this earlier today. If 59 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: it was when they finally expand this to the San 60 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: Fernando Valley, if I'm still living in this boring ass neighborhood, 61 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 1: I would love to if it was cost effective, or 62 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: if I don't know they want to sponsor us, I would, 63 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: instead of driving take a Weaimo to work every day. 64 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: I could sit in the back. I could work on 65 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: my laptop. I could get things done. It's just is 66 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: a little bit of a difference. Of course, you know, 67 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: the easiest thing would just be to work from home 68 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: all day someday. Now the mayor's race is starting to form. 69 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: We are seeing a point where the filing deadline for 70 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: a lot of these local races is coming up very soon. 71 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: And while we think the card is set, it might 72 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: not be. Because we know that Karen Bass is running 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 1: again for mayor of Los Angeles. She is picking up 74 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: all kinds of endorsements this week from members of the 75 00:04:12,560 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: city council who she probably did favors for. 76 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: The neighborhood kids. The down as kids don't like it. 77 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: Ammelda endorsed her because Karen Bass put her on the 78 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 1: metro board. I don't know what Bob Blumenfeld's deal is, 79 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: but there's a lot of people all falling in line, 80 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 1: despite the fact that polling shows that Karen Bass is 81 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: very unpopular in the city of Los Angeles. Oh, you're 82 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: so optimistic. But here's what's interesting. There's a member of 83 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: the La County Board of Supervisors who all of a 84 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: sudden is getting very loud and very animated on social 85 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:50,039 Speaker 1: media and even is going on the local news to 86 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:54,040 Speaker 1: put Karen Bass on blast, and that is Lindsay Horvath, 87 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: quite frankly, Lindsay Horvath, who joined the Board of Supervisors 88 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two, who SA supposed to be up 89 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: for reelection for that seat. There has been a rumor 90 00:05:03,839 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 1: for quite some time that she moved into the city 91 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles so she could run for LA mayor, 92 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: and she went on CBSLA to go after Karen Bass's 93 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 1: She calls them mistruths, but we know what they are 94 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: about homeless funding and about that LAFD after Action report. 95 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: And even though it's from a place of she's trying 96 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 1: to get attention because she might run for mayor, I'm 97 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: glad somebody is out there saying that no, no, no, no, no, 98 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: we are not just all behind Karen Bass. There have 99 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,159 Speaker 1: been a lot of failures, homeless funding being one of them. 100 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 1: Wildfire management and the whole after action report debacle is 101 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: another huge one. And while Spencer prapping of this race 102 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: is very exciting, we'll see what his actual policies are 103 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: and try to get him on the radio station. In 104 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,839 Speaker 1: the next couple of weeks Austin Butner's campaign. Is that 105 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,719 Speaker 1: really happening. I do like that Assadan al Najar, but 106 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: his name ID is very low in a place where 107 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: already voter turnout and voter participation is very low. Is 108 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,279 Speaker 1: it still very likely that Karen Bass is going to 109 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 1: be the mayor again? Yes, unfortunately, But if Lindsey Horvath 110 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:19,039 Speaker 1: gets in that race, it's going to be ugly because 111 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: she doesn't care anymore. The knives are out and it's 112 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: not like the county is blameless and homelessness. It's not 113 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,440 Speaker 1: like the county is blameless in the wildfire response. But 114 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 1: I'll take it wherever I can get it. Somebody going 115 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 1: after Karen Bass for her obvious failures. Project Insight Safe 116 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,359 Speaker 1: is a massive failure. It is one of the reasons 117 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,119 Speaker 1: that we are in such huge budget deficits. The amount 118 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: of money we're paying to keep people indefinitely in motels 119 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: is nonsensical. There's no real plan as to what to 120 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: do with them, so they're all just kind of sitting 121 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: in inertia. A lot of them have left the program, 122 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: went back to the streets, and we're The last estimate 123 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:06,719 Speaker 1: is about seventeen thousand dollars per person, per motel room, 124 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:14,080 Speaker 1: per month, not per year, per month, and it's completely insane. 125 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: So Lindsey Horbeth went on CBSLA to diss the mayor. 126 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 1: We might play that sound later. The LAPD has come 127 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: out with new crime stats for twenty twenty five. Marlatais 128 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: did a report on this on Fox eleven Hi Marla, 129 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 1: and they reported that crime is down. There's one specific 130 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: statistic that they say crime is down that is very exciting. 131 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Homicides are down nineteen percent to the lowest levels they've 132 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: seen in the sixties, which is good. That either means 133 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 1: that you know, the gang intervention units are working even 134 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: though they are woefully understaffed and underfunded, or it means 135 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: that doctors are getting really, really really good at sewing 136 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: up bullet wounds. But regardless, I'll take the good number 137 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:06,160 Speaker 1: wherever I can get it. But when it comes to 138 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: the other crimes summer up, sum are down, it's kind 139 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: of a mixed bag. And you have to remember this, 140 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: all crime, no matter how small, no matter how much 141 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: of a pain in the asset feels like, needs to 142 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: be reported. If crime is not reported, then it doesn't 143 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 1: go into the statistics, and then you have the mayor 144 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: doing a victory lap that crime is down. But here's 145 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 1: what's interesting about any kind of narrative right now about 146 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 1: crime being down, is that LAPD is in a staffing 147 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: crisis where we are not even recruiting enough people to 148 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: deal with attritions. So the numbers are going further down 149 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: and further down. And what happens when you have crime 150 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: going down and staffing going down is you get people 151 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 1: like Hugo Soto Martinez and the DSA to say, well, see, 152 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 1: we don't need this many police officers, Let's cut their budget. Now. 153 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,119 Speaker 1: Another piece that Fox eleven did that I found interesting 154 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: is and maybe we'll get to this one today. But 155 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: and again, you can read, you can see all these stories. 156 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: You can click on the links to the YouTube videos 157 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,080 Speaker 1: and share them with your friends and family by going 158 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: to the California Report, which is on my new substack, 159 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 1: Randy Wang Radio dot substack dot com. But in Canyon Country, 160 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: in the Santa Clarita Valley where I grew up, there 161 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 1: is a townhome community where a bunch of residents are 162 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: really upset because after a few years of rains, there's 163 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: been a whole bunch of mold growing in their townhounds 164 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: and the landlord's not doing anything about it, to which 165 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm just curious, why don't you move? I mean, yes, 166 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 1: they should do something about it, and I think they're 167 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 1: supposed to do something about it. But you know, no 168 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: one's saying you have to live there. It's like, you know, 169 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: and it's not like these are cheap townhomes, like three 170 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: thousand dollars and three thousand dollars to live in Canyon Country. 171 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,800 Speaker 1: Nothing wrong with Canyon Country, but it's far from everything. 172 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 1: It's a lot of freeways. You go way up that fourteen. Now, 173 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: what I consider to be the most exciting story of 174 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: the day comes from ABC seven in the Bay Area 175 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: and Dan Nois. If you don't know Dan Nois, he's 176 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: the reporter up in the Bay Area who breaks almost 177 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: all the Shangtau stories, absolutely absolutely, and he did an 178 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:27,960 Speaker 1: investigation with their iteam finding out that there are so 179 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: called ghost students stealing millions of dollars in financial aid 180 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: from California community colleges. What's a ghost student. It's people 181 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: overseas using AI bots and stolen social Security numbers to 182 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 1: apply to go to California community colleges and to apply 183 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 1: for financial aid and they're getting it. They've defrauded the 184 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: state to millions of dollars. They've defrauded the federal government 185 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,079 Speaker 1: to even more millions of dollars. And according to the 186 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: latest numbers, thirty percent of all applica to California community 187 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 1: colleges are fraudulent. So we have got to massively rethink 188 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: how we are doing this, because it shouldn't be this 189 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: difficult to verify if it is a real kid that 190 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: wants to go to community college, or if it is 191 00:11:16,920 --> 00:11:20,360 Speaker 1: a fraudster overseas who's not even a real human being. 192 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,439 Speaker 1: By the way, what they do, and this is great. 193 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: They go ahead and they apply for mostly only online classes, 194 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: and then the AI bot sometimes takes the classes, so 195 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: they think there's a real student going for a real 196 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: junior degree. It's fascinating. Now another story that I liked 197 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 1: at ABC seven in the Bay Area, and this shows 198 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,480 Speaker 1: that even when you think this state and the city 199 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 1: and the county will never listen to you, listen to 200 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: what happened up in Marin County, Caltrans back in September 201 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 1: decided that they wanted to change the carpool hours for 202 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: the one to one freeway in Marin County going out 203 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:04,439 Speaker 1: of Renot Park, and it was driving people crazy because 204 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: nobody was using the carpool lane. Traffic was becoming awful 205 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: and one woman could not take it anymore. So did 206 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:17,079 Speaker 1: she scream about it? Probably, but she also collected over 207 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:22,240 Speaker 1: eight thousand signatures and made a ruckus. It got on 208 00:12:22,280 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: the news, it got the attention of her local council members, 209 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: and that got the attention of Caltrans. And this week 210 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: Caltrans capitulated and they reversed the policy and they're changing 211 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: the carpool lane hours back. So it can happen. People 212 00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:40,319 Speaker 1: can organize, people can get things done. Look what's going 213 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 1: on in San Diego right now, where the locals have 214 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: had enough and they are finally saying enough is enough 215 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: with all the tax and fee hikes. And now you've 216 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,000 Speaker 1: got city council running scared. Hey, we talked about Wamo 217 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: hitting a kid, although it wasn't really their fault. Here's 218 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 1: another Waimo story. Weaimo is now available to and from 219 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,839 Speaker 1: SFO the San Francisco Airport that is not in San Francisco. 220 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: That is very exciting. They already did this in San Jose. 221 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: It's available at that airport. It's been available at Phoenix 222 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: Sky Harbor for many years. I don't know if this 223 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: is coming to Lax anytime soon. That airport is a 224 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: nightmare to navigate already. Maybe when the people mover's finally done, 225 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: things will change, but it is so awful. You know, 226 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: I've been flying in and out of Lax a lot 227 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 1: because well two reasons. One, I'm still pissed off at 228 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: Southwest for devaluing their points, taking away free bags and 229 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: everything else. So the flight that I used to take 230 00:13:38,520 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: to get to New Mexico was Burbank to Albuquerque. Then 231 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: you'd have to either have you know, if I'm lucky enough, 232 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,720 Speaker 1: my father in law picks us up we get to 233 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: Santa Fe, or we have to do a car service 234 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: or a shuttle. But it's like, you know, it's an 235 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:53,680 Speaker 1: hour and twenty minutes. But starting in October this year, 236 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,720 Speaker 1: America now has a flight that is Lax to Santa 237 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: Fe Airport, which is twenty minutes from the house that 238 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,839 Speaker 1: we stay in up there. It's great. Of course, there 239 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: are some caveats. You have to go to Lax and 240 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: you don't just have to go to LAX, you have 241 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,720 Speaker 1: to go to that regional terminal. You ever get a 242 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 1: gate fifty two ticket at LAX, where you go to 243 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: Terminal four, you check in, you get through security, and 244 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,160 Speaker 1: then it says here now you have to walk this 245 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: way for about a half a mile, get on a bus, 246 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: sit on a bus for five minutes, and then end 247 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: up at this tiny little terminal for all the little 248 00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 1: American Eagle planes. But that being said, as you know, 249 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: that tiny little regional terminal has an Admirals Club and 250 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: it's pretty damn great. Their bloody marias are wonderful. Anyway, 251 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: I don't think way Moos come into LAX anytime soon 252 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: because every time I land at LAX, just trying to 253 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: get an uber to pick you up, and I always 254 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: go lift black because I want to get picked up 255 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: the curb because I'm not walking two miles to the 256 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:57,520 Speaker 1: laxit lot. But it's a nightmare. SFO a little more organized, 257 00:14:57,560 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: I think they can get it done. It's already getting 258 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: done in San Jo now. Public transit is what they 259 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: want everyone to get on. But in Los Angeles public 260 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 1: transit is neither convenient nor safe. In the Bay Area, 261 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: it is convenient for a lot of places. BART is 262 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 1: pretty well built out, and because it's not that big 263 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: of a region size wise, a lot of people can 264 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: use it. They're reporting a decrease in crime, which you 265 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 1: could say, oh, that's just them juke and stats, or 266 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: you could look at ridership is up, which is great. 267 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 1: And not only that, you have people saying anecdotally the 268 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: trains look cleaner. I see police officers. But one thing 269 00:15:33,680 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: that they did that I don't understand why Metro is 270 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 1: dragging their feet on, is they put in locking faregates 271 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:43,640 Speaker 1: at every single one of their fifty stations. Everyone who 272 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 1: gets into that train, they know exactly who they are. 273 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: Nobody's getting on that train that shouldn't be getting on 274 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: that train. We've done tapped to exit at like three 275 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: or four Metro stations. Why aren't we doing that across 276 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: the board? And they've got to Maybe this will change 277 00:15:56,960 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: when they finally get their own police force and they 278 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: can staff fuck. But I don't know how they're going 279 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 1: to do that when the hiring challenges already exist with 280 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: LAPD and the Sheriff's department. But Metro is going to 281 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: stand up their own police force. But BART reporting a 282 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: sizeable decrease in crime, and good for them because the 283 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: Super Bowl's coming and that one's going to get a 284 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 1: lot of attention all right in Sacramento news I think 285 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: this is great as much as we are overregulated and 286 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: we are overtaxed and businesses are struggling in California. This law, 287 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: this is a proposed bill that I hope becomes a law. 288 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,760 Speaker 1: It comes from Rick Chavez Burr, the Assemblyment from Hollywood. 289 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: A proposed law would require human customer service instead of 290 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 1: AI phone trees. Companies would have five minutes to connect 291 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 1: you with the human and make it easy to connect 292 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: you with the human and is somebody that is set 293 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:53,119 Speaker 1: on customer service many many times as you have. I 294 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: love that. We told you a while back that Gavin 295 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: Newsom has made this pitch to all of the state 296 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: employee unions that you've got to come back into the office. 297 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: You have to do it. And the union said two 298 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,719 Speaker 1: years ago, nah, Then last year Gvin said you've got 299 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 1: to come back to the office, and the union said, nah, Well, 300 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 1: I think we're finally giving up on that idea and 301 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: we're actually going to lease out that space, these empty 302 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: buildings to Meta, who is going to put fifty million 303 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: dollars towards a state capitol mall makeover, which is great. 304 00:17:27,280 --> 00:17:29,679 Speaker 1: I don't care if the state employees go in person 305 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,680 Speaker 1: or not. Is the state running any better or worse 306 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,040 Speaker 1: than it was when they were working in person. It's 307 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: about the same, So let them work from home. I 308 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 1: advocate any job that can be made work from home. 309 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,159 Speaker 1: Work from home. I think city employees, state employees. I 310 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,440 Speaker 1: think a lot of these offices we could be converting, 311 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: we could be leasing, we could be selling, we could 312 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: eliminate a whole lot of traffic. If you're just a 313 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,199 Speaker 1: pencil pusher at the state government, why do you need 314 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: to be there in person. I don't have a problem 315 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:58,919 Speaker 1: with that. But of course, as you know, I am 316 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: a very selfish advocate of working from home, because that's 317 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: my dream. In the city of Fulsom reported a financial 318 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,200 Speaker 1: turnaround after cuts and layoffs. Most cities, when they're running 319 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: out of money, they're like, well, how can we tax 320 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: our citizens more? And fulsome they said all right, let's cut, cut, cut, cut. 321 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,919 Speaker 1: I didn't like what they cut, which included browning out 322 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:21,199 Speaker 1: of fire station, but they did balance their budget. In 323 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: San Diego News LA Mesa has approved a new sidewalk 324 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: dining policy, which means that the little patio seating that 325 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: may have made very popular during COVID can stay. Of course, 326 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: now you have to have a permit, but hopefully it's 327 00:18:34,760 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: an easy process because that's a smaller town. And of course, 328 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: when it comes to the governor's race, Matt Mayhan announced 329 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: he's running for governor. He sat down with Alex Michaelson 330 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: last night. So I have that video up on the 331 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: California Report and we played that on the John Phillips Show. 332 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: You want to know what's in the crime blodder Today? 333 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,880 Speaker 1: Some guy got attacked by a bunch of women outside 334 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:55,920 Speaker 1: of the abbey in West Hollywood. He was crossing the 335 00:18:55,960 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: street apparently because they said, I think I can kick 336 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,640 Speaker 1: his ass. And how about this? A former executive at 337 00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: cap Radio, the public radio station in Sacramento, has been 338 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: charged with embezzlement. There you go, that's the California Report. 339 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: Everything that I saw today that I thought was interesting. 340 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 1: You want to check this out, you want to share 341 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,680 Speaker 1: these stories, you want to watch the videos. Go to 342 00:19:17,760 --> 00:19:21,439 Speaker 1: Randy wangradio dot substack dot com. It's the News Blitz 343 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with 344 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on KABC. Let's go to David Calabasa's Dave. 345 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 2: Hello, Randy, I want to talk to you about Spencer 346 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:35,080 Speaker 2: Pratt and ask you how you think do you think 347 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 2: here's a legitimate chance of winning? Because he's so forget 348 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 2: about his policies. Let's assume he doesn't know nothing about 349 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: running prom maire, but he's so popular and so many 350 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 2: people like him, and I can even see Donald Trump 351 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 2: getting behind him and supportium. What do you think, you know, 352 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,440 Speaker 2: let's just say Lindsay or she runs. Maybe Lindsay and 353 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: Karen Splint boats and Spencer wins. What do you think it. 354 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: Could definitely at least put this thing June and go 355 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: into November. And the more we learn about Karen Bess, 356 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,159 Speaker 1: the worst it's sounding. I'll give you some more of 357 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: my thoughts on the other side of the break. It's 358 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It is 359 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk radio seven 360 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: ninety KABC. 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Spencer Pratt has name ID, He's got 380 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: a lot of social media followers. He's going on this 381 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: book tour right now, so he's getting his face on 382 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:26,159 Speaker 1: a lot of national media. He's going to need to 383 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: do a lot more local media to get his face 384 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: out there and plotform matters. We know how he feels 385 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: about the fire, and yes, he has a legitimate reason 386 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: to run. The city was complicit in his house burning down, 387 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 1: and in fact, when I saw his interview on Entertainment 388 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: Tonight that was on my list on Monday, he revealed 389 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 1: that he can't even rebuild the city would make it 390 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: because of the way building codes have changed and permits 391 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: what have you. He would have to spend another one 392 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: point two million dollars to even get back what he had. 393 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: And he was uninsured because he got dropped by in 394 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,560 Speaker 1: his insurance company. So the guy really did lose everything. 395 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 1: That is a compelling story. He's got a real reason 396 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: to run. But the fires are not the only issue 397 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 1: in LA. We need to see how he comes down 398 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,720 Speaker 1: on things like LAPD staffing, how he comes down on 399 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:23,240 Speaker 1: things like the homelessness crisis or the crisis of wasting 400 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: money on trying to solve homelessness. The city is in 401 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: a massive budget deficit. What does he think about that? 402 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:34,959 Speaker 1: So we'll see what happens. I will say, if Lindsey 403 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: Horvath gets in this race, it could make it interesting 404 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:44,959 Speaker 1: for one very important reason. Right now, Karen Bass is 405 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 1: likely to win with more than fifty percent support in June, 406 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 1: and if you get more than fifty percent support in June, 407 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 1: there is no November runoff. But if Lindsey Horvath keeps 408 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: coming to Karen Bass the way she's coming at and 409 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,159 Speaker 1: she gets in the race, and that vote gets split 410 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: just a little, and there's a lot of candidates. According 411 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: to Scott who just email us, there's twenty six candidates, 412 00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 1: but most of them are people you've never heard of. 413 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: But let's say that you know, she siphons twenty percent 414 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: off of Bass and Spencer Pratt siphons twenty percent off 415 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: of Bass. You could have a situation where Karen Bass 416 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: gets less than forty nine percent of the vote. And 417 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: if she gets less than forty nine percent of the vote, 418 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: her and the second place finisher are going into the runoff, 419 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,399 Speaker 1: and that six more months of Karen Bass failures, that 420 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,440 Speaker 1: we're going to see. The difference between Karen Bass twenty 421 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: twenty two and Karen Bass twenty twenty six is now. 422 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: Karen Bass is a known entity. Her popularity is very low, 423 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: and I think this is why Lindsay Horvath is thinking 424 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: about running because she sees an opening and it's a 425 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: much bigger it's a much more important job. Instead of 426 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 1: being one of five, she's the one. I don't know 427 00:23:57,720 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 1: why she would want that job. I think it pays 428 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: less than what she's making at the Board of Supervisors. 429 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,960 Speaker 1: But you know, it's more about power. Maybe it's about fame. Now, 430 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 1: is Lindsay Horvath going to be any better than Karen Bass? 431 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: Probably not. Lindsay Horvath has made some massive errors at 432 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: the La County Board of Supervisors, including that whole mess 433 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: with Measure G which was this ballot initiative that people 434 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: voted on which was supposed to expand the Board of 435 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 1: Supervisors to nine and make an elected position to the CEO, 436 00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: which was an appointed position. And why is that important 437 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: Because apparently the current CEO, Fija Davenport, threatened to sue 438 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: this County of Los Angeles over that measure because she 439 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: was going to be out of a job, and they 440 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:51,400 Speaker 1: gave her. They settled for two million dollars. So there's 441 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:54,240 Speaker 1: a lot of failures, and the failures of homelessness are 442 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: on both parts. The county is as culpable as the city. 443 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: The cities are just a little more apparent with Inside Safe, which, 444 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: by the way, the crooked contractor that was arrested last week, 445 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: that guy was part of Karen Bass's Inside Safe. You know, 446 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: the guy who was sending his kids to private school, 447 00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,920 Speaker 1: bought a house in Greece, got the range rover, got 448 00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:18,320 Speaker 1: the expensive house in Brentwood. Yeah, that guy. He was 449 00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:21,199 Speaker 1: getting paid by Karen Bass's Inside Safe to feed the 450 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: homeless in a hotel and he was giving them microwave ramen. 451 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: So why don't we go ahead and hear what Lindsay 452 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: Horvath has to say. Here was her putting Karen Bass 453 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 1: on blast this morning on CBSLA. 454 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 4: LA County and city leaders are publicly clashing over homelessness, 455 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 4: funding and accountability, with new questions also being raised about 456 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 4: fire response and rebuilding. 457 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 3: A key figure in all of this is Supervisor Lindsay Horbeth, 458 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:47,239 Speaker 3: who was joining us live this morning to discuss it all. 459 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 3: Thank you so much for being with us this morning, Supervisor. 460 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:50,879 Speaker 5: Thank you for having me. 461 00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 3: So let's start with this. 462 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 1: You accused maryage O, Kat Lindsay, you make three hundred grand, 463 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: get a better microphone or get a better laptop. Thank 464 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 1: you for having me even just a straight MacBook Pro 465 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,359 Speaker 1: with no additional microphone sounds better than that. 466 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 5: Thank you for having me. 467 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 3: So let's start with this. You accused Mayor Karen Bass 468 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,680 Speaker 3: of misinformation over homelessness funding. Tell us what you feel 469 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,240 Speaker 3: the mayor got wrong and why did the county pull 470 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 3: money from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. 471 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 5: Well, we pulled the money that taxpayers have invested in 472 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 5: this system because they want accountability that LASA has never delivered. 473 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 5: And that's really where the mayor I think falls short 474 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,679 Speaker 5: and telling the truth about what's been going on. 475 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: She falls short in telling the truth is a really 476 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: long way to say lied. 477 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,560 Speaker 5: We have sat at the table at the loss of 478 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:39,560 Speaker 5: Commissions seeing for ourselves that they cannot deliver the transparency 479 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 5: that taxpayers have been calling for. 480 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: And this is true. We have missing millions of dollars. 481 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: Nobody know where it went. Lossa says, we don't know 482 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 1: where it went, and we know there's a whole lot 483 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: of grift going on, and there's a whole lot of 484 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: nonprofits doing favors for other nonprofits. Karen Bass is appointed 485 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:01,679 Speaker 1: head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority was Valicia 486 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,680 Speaker 1: Adams Kellum excuse me, doctor Valicia Adams Kellum who came 487 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,280 Speaker 1: from the Saint Joseph Said or another crooked nonprofit that 488 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: Mike Bonnan gave a lot of money too. Well, she 489 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: got caught writing a check to her husband's nonprofit out 490 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: of Losses Coffers and she had to resign in shame. Yeah, 491 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: Karen Bass is vulnerable. If enough, if Horvath and Pratt 492 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: get in, there could be interesting. But again we got 493 00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 1: to find out what Pratt thinks about a whole lot 494 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 1: of other things. 495 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:37,160 Speaker 5: And this whole notion that by reclaiming our dollars, putting 496 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,720 Speaker 5: them into the county, establishing a department with the proper oversight, 497 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 5: as much. 498 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: As I hate to use cliches, that is rearranging deck 499 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,679 Speaker 1: chairs on the Titanic. Oh, we're gonna take all this 500 00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: money that was in the county and City agency and 501 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: we're just going to put it in the County agency. 502 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,719 Speaker 1: But it's going to be pretty much the same ideology 503 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,679 Speaker 1: and the same people running everything. Now it's all going 504 00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: to be great. Oh, and we doubled the sales tax, 505 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:02,840 Speaker 1: and this is true. People voted yes on Measure A 506 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 1: partially because of the workaround with Prop thirteen because it 507 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: was a citizen's initiative that doubled the sales tax and 508 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: made it permanent. They did not need sixty seven percent support. 509 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: But here's the thing, even though they're now bringing in 510 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: a billion dollars a year, the department said we're already broke. 511 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:23,840 Speaker 1: On day one, they said, we're out of money, and 512 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: where's it all going? 513 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 2: How? You know? 514 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:30,120 Speaker 1: Again, the most important thing that you can say when 515 00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:32,840 Speaker 1: it comes to where's all this money going? Is you 516 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,680 Speaker 1: look at the reports that were done during the homeless 517 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: count last week. Why does skid Row look the exact 518 00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: same as it did ten years ago. That's the most 519 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: visible place for homelessness. What have you done for any 520 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: of these people? It still looks like a nightmare. 521 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 5: And focusing on the programs that actually work, defunding the 522 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,120 Speaker 5: things that don't work, that's what our taxpayers want to see, 523 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 5: that's what the residents of La County deserve. And pretending 524 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,920 Speaker 5: like continuing to invest in the status quo that somehow 525 00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 5: we're going to get different results. I think it's just delusional. 526 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: You know you're young enough, lindsay. I thought you might 527 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 1: go de Lulu, but you said delusional. 528 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,120 Speaker 5: I think it's just delusional. 529 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,800 Speaker 1: I think she's running. There's no reason to do this. 530 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,560 Speaker 1: There's no reason to be going after Karen Bass, and 531 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: she's done it passive aggressively before, but now she's going 532 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:27,160 Speaker 1: aggressive aggressively. Before this interview, she was blasting Karen Bass 533 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: by name on Twitter, calling her out for saying that, oh, 534 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: the County's defunding us. 535 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 4: LASSA has been central to the city's homelessness strategy for years. 536 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 4: So if the county says it cannot account for the money, 537 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 4: two questions for you. First of all, like you said, 538 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 4: a lot of people want to know what happened to 539 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 4: the money. Will there be an investigation and find out 540 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 4: who is responsible for this? And secondly, what does that 541 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,800 Speaker 4: mean for services on the ground right now? 542 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:54,480 Speaker 1: What services? 543 00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,719 Speaker 5: The Ramen Noodles for the county conducted an audit of LASA. 544 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 5: We've conducted several audits. The most recent was the reason 545 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 5: why Supervisor Bargain and I authored a motion to create 546 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 5: the new department inside the county so we have the 547 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 5: proper oversight and not only fiscal protocols and best practices 548 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 5: that need to be in place, but really focusing and 549 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 5: making the cornerstone of our department a program that has 550 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 5: the greatest record of success getting people off the streets 551 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 5: and into housing permanently, once and for all. That's what pe. 552 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: What does permanent housing mean because that actually means subsidized housing. 553 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: But how long are people supposed to be wards of 554 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:38,360 Speaker 1: the state now? If they're so severely mentally ill that 555 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: we have to take care of them forever, shouldn't a 556 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:44,080 Speaker 1: hospital be a better setting? You know, can't do that, 557 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,240 Speaker 1: although didn't Sun Jung finally sell the hospital and they're 558 00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 1: going to do something about that, the one that he owned, regardless, 559 00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: But if it's that they've got an addiction, shouldn't we 560 00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,080 Speaker 1: be treating that addiction so they can turn their life 561 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: around and become a productive member of society like has 562 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: happened for people went through the Union Rescue Mission in 563 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: southern California or Salvation Army in northern California. But how 564 00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: permanent is permanent supportive housing? Because when you look at 565 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: the measure A numbers themselves, it says that we are 566 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:14,840 Speaker 1: like serving one hundred and fifty thousand people a year 567 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: with services. Whatever that means. 568 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,240 Speaker 5: That's what people want to see their dollars being invested 569 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 5: in so yes, we've conducted audits. We have seen that 570 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 5: the protocols aren't there in LASA. That's why we're standing 571 00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 5: up a new department with those best practices in mind. 572 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 5: We've also created and now. 573 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 1: She wants to jump ships, so none of the failures 574 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: of that department will be on her. They'll just be 575 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: on Barger because she's going to go run for mayor. 576 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 5: Probably a centralized response center where we've been bringing council 577 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 5: members from Los Angeles over to see exactly how we're 578 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,120 Speaker 5: changing the system and inviting them into work with us. 579 00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:50,400 Speaker 5: So there are many council members both in the City 580 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 5: of Los Angeles and many other cities who want to 581 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,840 Speaker 5: work with us because they know that the status quo doesn't. 582 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: Work unless you're Nithea. Then you've created the status quo, 583 00:31:59,320 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: and they. 584 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,720 Speaker 5: Want to make sure that their dollars are being invested 585 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 5: in a different kind of response on the streets. 586 00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,320 Speaker 1: By the way, since we're so close to the filing deadline, 587 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: I know that Tanya Airy is running against Lindsay Horrvath 588 00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,160 Speaker 1: for count for Supervisorial District three. She might be running 589 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 1: on a post. 590 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 5: What this means going forward is that the county will 591 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:24,160 Speaker 5: be responsible for all of the service provision and making 592 00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 5: sure that the contractors actually deliver the results from services. 593 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 5: But we still need our city partners to deliver housing 594 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 5: solutions if we're going to get people off the streets. 595 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: We still don't know where any of that money is, 596 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,280 Speaker 1: and I don't know if we're going to know anytime soon, 597 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,440 Speaker 1: although the assale investigations are getting a little more interesting 598 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: every single time. When we come back, we'll hear what 599 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: Lindsay Horravath has to say is she puts Karen blast 600 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: on Bass, because puts Karen Bass on blast about the 601 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 1: fire response, specifically the doctored after action report to make 602 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 1: the mayor not look so bad. It's the news Blitz 603 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KAB. It's the news Blitz with 604 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:05,640 Speaker 1: Randy wangud KABC. Let's hear what Lindsay Horvath has to 605 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: say about Karen Bass's phony, baloney after action report of 606 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 1: the fires. 607 00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 3: Absolutely, we do not have Mayor Bass on this morning, 608 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,600 Speaker 3: so I should share. She has responded, of course, to 609 00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 3: the investigations in fraud, saying that she has a zero 610 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,959 Speaker 3: tolerance policy for fraud, but we welcome more comment for her. 611 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 3: In a later time. We do want to turn now 612 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 3: to another crisis LA has been facing, the La wildfires. 613 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 3: You have called for an independent review of the city's 614 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,360 Speaker 3: fire response, which of course has been a huge issue 615 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,920 Speaker 3: after that official action report, you say lost all credibility 616 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 3: because we've heard that it was watered down. Tell us 617 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 3: the issues there and how you think this can be fixed, 618 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,480 Speaker 3: because a lot of fire victims, of course, just find 619 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 3: this unacceptable. 620 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: Karen bass is vulnerable people. 621 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 5: It is unacceptable. The county led our own after action 622 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,400 Speaker 5: response report, not only on communications but on our response 623 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 5: over like. 624 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: The screwed up warning system. Anyone get fired over that. 625 00:33:56,600 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 5: No, you're not blameless, lindsay, overall to identify where we 626 00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 5: fell short, we asked the city to participate with us. 627 00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,600 Speaker 5: They refused, and now we know why. They have absolutely 628 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 5: botched the response in terms of keeping honesty with their residents. 629 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,400 Speaker 5: And that's what Angelinos deserved. They deserve the truth. They 630 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,399 Speaker 5: deserve to know what actually happened, so they know not 631 00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 5: only what happened, but also what we're doing differently to 632 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,520 Speaker 5: protect them going forward. Why should they trust us if 633 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,520 Speaker 5: we aren't being honest with them about the things that 634 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 5: we're doing differently. To keep them safe. 635 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:32,399 Speaker 2: You know. 636 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: She's right, and it sure sounds like she's running. It's 637 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:43,799 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the 638 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It is a 639 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: Friday evening in Los Angeles, which means there's lots of 640 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: fun stuff to do out there. It's going to be 641 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,440 Speaker 1: in the mid eighties in January, so go enjoy yourselves. 642 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: Look at this. The Looter New Year night Market at 643 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,719 Speaker 1: the Career a Town Plaza on Western Avenue is going 644 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: to go on. There's gonna be an event there from 645 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: three to six in during the day and then there's 646 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,320 Speaker 1: gonna be a night market. There will be Chinese dancing, 647 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:15,319 Speaker 1: Korean drum performances, Taekwon drow demonstrations, a fashion show. People 648 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,960 Speaker 1: are going to get the first five hundred get fifteen 649 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: dollars vouchers to use at the plaza's food corp. There's 650 00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,560 Speaker 1: a Lunar New Year Festival at Monterey Park for their 651 00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: two year two day Monterey Park Festival, a street fair 652 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,680 Speaker 1: that takes over five blocks of downtown Monterey Park Garvey 653 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:35,040 Speaker 1: between Garfield and al Hamber with folk art, bites, live entertainment, 654 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: and a carnival zone that starts off Saturday morning. Sounds 655 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: like a ton of fun, and hey, if you're a 656 00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,120 Speaker 1: Dodger fan, it's already that time of year. Dodgers Fair 657 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 1: and Fest is this Saturday from nine am to two 658 00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:50,760 Speaker 1: pm at Dodger Stadium. Interactive games, activations, live music, ballpark food. 659 00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,400 Speaker 1: You know, the other nine months out of the year 660 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: you get to have a Dodger dog. You might as 661 00:35:54,880 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 1: well have one in early February too, although it be 662 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,080 Speaker 1: the end of January. And what's coming out in the 663 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,040 Speaker 1: theaters this weekend? Send Help is a Sam Raimi movie 664 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: starring Rachel McAdams about an employee and her boss getting 665 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,919 Speaker 1: stranded on a deserted island and they have to deal 666 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:12,320 Speaker 1: with each other. That sounds like my kind of movie. 667 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: That sounds like a lot of fun. And before we 668 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: get out of here, on a really really upsetting note, 669 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: the news today about Catherine O'Hara passing away is really tough. 670 00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm such a huge fan of her. You want to 671 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: talk about comedy Legend SCTV Home Alone, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare 672 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: Before Christmas, the sitcom that I am such a huge 673 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,279 Speaker 1: fan of that I can't really say the Creek One, 674 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: although they say it in the news. I don't know 675 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:46,440 Speaker 1: how they get away with that, But I is one 676 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 1: of my top five shows of all time. It is 677 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:51,440 Speaker 1: one of our bedtime rewatch shows, and I'm not kidding. 678 00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:55,680 Speaker 1: We just finished a rewatch of The Creek Show like 679 00:36:55,719 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: a week ago, and Katherine o'harri's performance as Moira, everything 680 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: she says is funny, everything she does is funny, the whigs, 681 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: It's just every aspect of that performance is incredible. And apparently, 682 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 1: when Eugene and Dan Levy were pitching the show, they 683 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,360 Speaker 1: were gonna shoot a pilot, they asked Katherine O'Hara to 684 00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 1: do a pilot just so they could sell the show 685 00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:21,960 Speaker 1: and then she wouldn't have to do it. But they 686 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: had so much fun with her that they begged her 687 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: to do it, and she did, and of course, you know, 688 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 1: she goes back with Eugene all the way to the 689 00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,640 Speaker 1: SETV days. But you know, there are few people that 690 00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:34,480 Speaker 1: I can say I've been a fan of my entire 691 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,960 Speaker 1: life because I'm forty, so I was five when Home 692 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 1: Alone came out, So I've been seeing that movie every 693 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,640 Speaker 1: single year for the past thirty five years, so I 694 00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 1: knew her from that. I knew her from you know, 695 00:37:48,640 --> 00:37:53,719 Speaker 1: Night Member Before Christmas and Beetlejuice. Growing up. I got 696 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: to know her in all those Christopher guest movies, which 697 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: she was always just wonderful in. She'd she did a 698 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,279 Speaker 1: guest appearance on Curb that was just insane. She was 699 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,520 Speaker 1: such a talented actress. And after The Creek Show, her 700 00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,520 Speaker 1: career was exploding again. She was cast in so many 701 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:13,000 Speaker 1: different movies. She was in the Last of Us, she 702 00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:15,680 Speaker 1: was on The Studio, which is this new show on 703 00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: Apple TV plus that just won a bunch of Emmys 704 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 1: and that's currently in production. It's just it's heartbreaking, but 705 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,560 Speaker 1: she is left behind such an incredible body of work 706 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 1: and things that people will watch forever. I can't ever 707 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: envision a time where people don't watch Home Alone at Christmas. Right, 708 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,799 Speaker 1: it's the first movie watch every single Christmas when we're 709 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: putting up the tree. She will always be a part 710 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,480 Speaker 1: of my life and she'll probably always be a part 711 00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,919 Speaker 1: of yours. If you've never seen the show she did 712 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:48,400 Speaker 1: with Eugene and Dan Levy, The Creek Show, it's on Hulu. 713 00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: Watch it. It is one of the funniest sitcoms of 714 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:57,319 Speaker 1: all time. Rest in peace, Catherine O'Hara. It's Randy Wang here, 715 00:38:57,360 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: and it's the News Blitz. Have a great weekend, everybody,